Why need to format SD card for Android?
SD card is a popular storage device which can be used on
different devices like Android phone, Mac phone, PC, etc. And there are some
situations where you need to format SD card for Android.
1. You should format the SD card with FAT32 if you want
to use it in some special devices like TWRP.
2. When you receive the warning: insufficient storage
available, you may consider to backup the data on SD to another place and format the
SD card to get more free space.
3. When the SD card does not function well because it is
damaged or corrupted, you can format it and make it normal again. Also, when you
cannot remove write protection on SD card after trying all kinds of possible ways,
you can format it to remove write protection and make it writable again.
4. If you get an SD card from someone else, you can
format it first before using it.
Common SD card formatter tools for Android
To format SD card, you need an SD card formatter tool for
Android. You can format SD card for Android on PC. You can use both Disk Management
and Diskpart tool to format it. In most cases, Windows built-in tools can help you
to format SD card.
However, if your SD card is damaged or infected by virus,
you are likely to meet this error: Windows
was unable to complete the format” when you try to format SD card in Windows
Explorer. Also, Windows cannot format SD card more than 32GB in FAT32. You will fail
to format SD card larger than 32GB in FAT32 with Windows Explorer with the same
error. Besides, if the SD card is write protected, you may receive an error message
like: “The
media is write protected” when you try to use Diskpart to format SD card.
Best SD card formatter for Android
To have a better experience to format SD card for Android on
PC, it is recommended to use AOMEI
Partition Assistant. It is one of the best free SD card formatter tools for Android.
It supports you to format SD card, SSD, USB drive, external hard drive, internal
hard drive quickly and securely. You can format to exFAT, Ext2, Ext3, NTFS, FAT32
with SD card formatter. What’s more, with GUI interface, AOMEI Partition Assistant
is easy to handle even you are a green hand.
Detailed steps to format SD card for Android
To format SD card with AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can
follow the steps below.
Step 1. Download AOMEI
Partition Assistant on a Windows-based PC. Connect your SD card to that PC maybe
via an SD card reader. Then install and open AOMEI Partition Assistant.
Step 2. At the main interface, right click the SD
card that you need to format and select Format Partition.

Step 3. Choose a File System from the listed file
systems. Then click OK.

Step 4. Click Apply to submit
the operation.
Conclusion
AOMEI Partition Assistant is not just a good SD card
formatter for Android, it has many other useful features like convert data disk
between MBR and GPT partition style, make bootable CD, etc. The Windows To Go
Creator allows you to create a portable Windows 7/8/10
USB.